I read Fast and Fancy revolver Shooting and No Second Place Winner back to back (or nearly so). The latter was an enjoyable read and the former a slogfest. Some of it might be the style of writing at the time as well. I've had this for 10 years or more and never can get into it:
I enjoy reading about shooting .22s but this was written in 1932 and very hard (for me) to make any headway. Dense might be a good description in addition to being written in a very proper style. High English if you will. I've always had difficulty reading "dry" text and some of the older stuff can certainly qualify. Peter Kokalis always seemed to pick topics that were right up my alley but he could make them as dry as a desert carcass. I might as well have been reading the TM.
I'm afraid my 20+ years on the internet has affected my ability to sit down and actually read anything more than a couple of paragraphs. If my mind starts to wander I end up skimming instead of reading then things don't make sense so I have to go back and re-read what I just skimmed. I end up spending twice as long and learning half as much.